Microbacterium species
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Microbiology
- Genus of Gram-positive bacilli related to Corynebacterium species
- Notable species that have rarely caused disease in humans include:
- Other species include:
Clinical Manifestations
- Rare cause of disease in humans, essentially limited to case reports
- Unclear if it causes disease in most cases
- Most common association is central line infections in immmunocompromised patients
Management
- Almost always susceptible to vancomycin, linezolid, and doxycycline
- Usually susceptible to beta-lactam antibiotics, even including penicillin
- Not reliably susceptible to fluoroquinolones